Caffeine should NOT be taken with NO2(Nitric Oxide) or Creatine products as it is a vasio constrictor and a diuretic which will totally cancel out the effect of creatine and stifle the effect of nitric oxide. For some reason there is a trend of US companies putting huge doses of caffeine into their so called Nitric oxcide boosters and creatine products. We would recommend that you steer clear of any company doing this as they obviously have a poor understanding of basicsupplementation. Check your lable for caffeine also referred to as methyl xanthine.

Caffeine will give you a short term mental "buzz".

Caffeine has a thermogenic effect on the body.

Caffeine has no muscle building or anabolic properties, in fact it will hinder muscle growth not only by slowing the amount of blood oxygen and nutrient flow, but can also run down the nervous system and adrenal system.

Caffeine is Toxic! Your liver has to detoxify caffeine. That uses resources that your liver could be using to detoxify all the other toxic substances you're exposed to. A single dose of caffeine takes more than 24 hours to be eliminated from your body. Caffeine's half-life is said to be 3-7 hours; in that time, you will have detoxified and eliminated only half of the caffeine.

In 1995, NASA’s Dr. David Noever and his fellow researchers at the Marshall Space Flight Center studied the webs spun by common house spiders(Araneus diadematus) dosed with several drugs, including LSD, marijuana, benzedrine, chloral hydrate and caffeine. The more toxic the drug, the less organized the web the spider created.

The spider on marijuana drifted off before finishing the job. Thespider on benzedrine, an upper, worked energetically but withoutmuch planning. The spider dosed with chloral hydrate, a sedative,soon fell asleep.

To the surprise of Dr. Noever et al, caffeine did the most damageof all the substances tested. The spider dosed with it provedincapable of creating even a single organized cell, and its webshowed no sign of the “hub and spokes” pattern fundamental toconventional web design.

What does the web of a caffeinated spider (which can hardly beaccustomed to the jolt of a morning latte) have to do with humanbehavior? Unlikely as it sounds, it may be the most vividillustration of caffeine’s disorienting effect on caffeine-sensitivepeople, many of whom may be misdiagnosed as mentally ill:

Latest research from Dr. Philipp A. Kaufmann and colleagues from University Hospital Zurich.Study participants were regular coffee drinkers. After abstaining from coffee for 36hours, their blood flow was measured before and after exercise. Then they ingestedcaffeine tablets (equal to 2 cups of coffee) and repeated the same test to measureblood floor prior to and after exercise. The caffeine did not affect heart blood flowwhen the participants were at rest. However, measurements taken immediately afterexercise showed a 22% reduction in heart blood flow after they'd taken the caffeinetablets, compared to their previous results. Participants who exercised in a chambersimulating high altitude (15,000 feet) experienced an even greater reduction inblood flow—39% lower.While caffeine is a stimulant, and previous studies suggest that it may enhanceathletic performance, this study suggests the opposite. Caffeine does stimulate thebrain, increasing awareness and concentration. Athletes who ingest caffeine beforeperforming may feel that they are enhancing performance, but these researcherssuggest that the athletes are simply more alert, awake and focused.Sport supplementsloaded with caffeine!

The current trend in the sportsupplementindustry especially US products is toload them with at least 200mgs of Caffeine per serve to give the consumer that false"BUZZ" to make it feel as though the product is actuyally doing something for them!Usually it is a cheap way to mask the innafectiveness of a weak or watered downformula.

However with the latest as listed above it now appears that caffeine can actuallysuppress performance especially your bodies ability to carry blood to the heart!

Lets take a closer look at some of the side effects associated with caffeineloaded products:1/Caffeine does not give you energy. It stimulates your nervous system andadrenals. That's not energy, that's stress.Imagine going to a bank for a loan. The loan officer agrees to your loan. But as youleave the bank you notice the fine print - the loan has to be repaid at 75% interest!The 'energy' that you think you get from caffeine is really just a loan from theadrenals and liver, and the interest you have to pay is very high.

Stress is a major factor in disorders such as anxiety, insomnia, depression, ulcers,rheumatoid arthritis, headache, hypoglycemia, asthma, herpes, hypertension andheart disease. And yet hospitals provide coffee and tea, which put your body intostress!!! DHEA is our vitality hormone. A decreased level of DHEA is a cause of aging.Caffeine consumption leads to DHEA deficiency.

2/CaffeineDOES NOTimprove learning or memory. In fact the exact opposite istrue. Scientific studies show that caffeine as normally consumed can reduce cerebralflow by as much as 30%. That means less oxygen to the brain and reduced memoryand cognition. It is also believed that this reduced blood flow to your head is acontributor to vision and hearing loss typically associated with aging.

3/Caffeine lowers the stress threshold in virtually everyone. That is, if you have hadcaffeine, it will be easier for you to suffer from emotional stress. (Therefore, whenresearch is done that is designed to show how safe caffeine is, any test subject whois under significant stress is removed from the study).

4/Women who consume more than 24 ounces of coffee (6 moderate cups) per dayhad almost twice the risk of heart attack compared to non-coffee drinkers. Moderatecoffee drinkers with high cholesterol had more than seven times the risk of heartattack, while heavy coffee drinkers had eighteen times the risk of non-coffeedrinkers!

5/A single cup of coffee can reduce iron absorption from a meal by as much as 75%.Caffeine also depletes your supplies of thiamin and other B vitamins, calcium,magnesium, potassium, and zinc.

6/Caffeine increases calcium loss and risk of osteoporosis. In one large study, therisk for hip fracture for those women who consumed the most caffeine was 300%greater than it was for the group that consumed little or no caffeine.7/CaffeineAT ANY TIMEof the day can cause sleep problems, especially if you areunder stress.

People do not develop a tolerance to the anxiety-producing effects of caffeine. Rather,people simply become accustomed to the feelings of stress, irritability andaggressiveness produced by the drug.

Caffeine contributes to depression in well-defined ways. This is particularly due to thewithdrawal effect, which can cause headache, depression and fatigue, even in lightusers. Cherniske reported that 90% of people who came to him who suffered fromdepression and gave up caffeine completely for 2 months reported that theirdepression went away!Supplements Bodybuilding